mouth
- Top 3000
Sense 1
- noun
- A1
The opening in your face that you use for eating, drinking and speaking, with the lips around it.
He covered his mouth to hide a sudden yawn.
My mouth was completely dry after running in the heat.
The baby put the whole wooden toy in its mouth.
She wiped her mouth with a paper napkin after lunch.
Common collocations: open your mouth · cover your mouth · breathe through your mouth · the roof of the mouth · keep your mouth shut
Part of: Parts of the body
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B2
The place where a river runs into the sea or into a lake.
The river grows wider and slower towards its mouth.
Fishing boats wait near the mouth for the evening tide.
Thick mud settles at the mouth of every large river.
Common collocations: the mouth of the river · at the mouth of · a wide mouth · near the mouth
Part of: Landscape
Forms
- plural
- mouths /maʊðz/